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Why are some individuals able to use recreational drugs in a controlled way, whereas others switch to the compulsive, relapsing drug-seeking and -taking habits that characterize substance use disorder (SUD)? Despite more than six decades of extensive research, the question remains unanswered, hampering the development of targeted prevention and therapeutic strategies.

Understand the physiology of what it takes when a woman does or does not have her period. he with know so many poem do not have regular periods, especially women of color who are dealing with fibroids at young ages. we also know most women dont know theyre pregnant for weeks. so just the pure bottom line of how we even know about pregnancy, know about sex, we know its not going to happen. i mean, abstinence, weve seen time and time again, republican-controlled states that have abstinence only th...

Electronic cigarettes with cigarette-like nicotine delivery may help some people stop smoking cigarettes, according to a new study by Penn State College of Medicine and Virginia Commonwealth University researchers.

In my legislation passed so young people will be able to learn about sex ed and prevent sexually transmitted infections and diseases and know how to prevent early and unintended pregnancy. so we have to do that. abstinence only just doesnt work. secondly, there are those who really -- and you should hear some of the debate about birth control. there are some who -- in congress who dont believe that women should have access to birth control. they dont want women to have access to abortions. they ...

A few years ago, in the hobby lobby case, where tpz are it was an person wrote by justice alito, he said corporations could have religious views and if part of the religious views are to deflate contraception with employees they can deny employees access to contraception. ing some else were not talking about. access to sex education, something that was not controversial in the 1970s and 80s helping children understand their bodies and replaced by abstinence only, if that, and its important to un...

Pregnant women are more likely to stop smoking if financial incentives are offered as part of a treatment plan, finds a trial from France published in The BMJ today.

As a consequence of what was a lengthy and dangerous hunger strike. the sunrise move activists, the hunger strike for climate justice. today there were big climate actions around the world, new york, san francisco, israel, germany. protesters in great britain held a big climate change demonstration targeted at a series of london banks demanding that they stop investing in fossil fuel companies and the other industries that contribute to climate change. this week veteran climate activist bill mck...

>> he talks about abstinence. he doesnt talk about promiscuity. there is no evidence that warren told allen, go ahead and rape your wife. >> reporter: elissa wall was 21 by this time. because she was a minor when the alleged crime happened, the camera didnt show her face when she told how she was taught to always obey the prophet. >> he told me that i was not living up to my vows. i was not being obedient. >> reporter: but the prosecution needed more than elissas story. they needed what rebecca ...

Experts at the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM) are calling attention to a crisis in sex education, specifically the continued creation and endorsement of abstinence-only curricula being taught across the U.S.

The results of several new studies focusing on sex differences in pain and addiction indicate females could be more susceptible to drug addiction and addiction-like behaviors than males. Researchers also explored the role of lack of sleep on the likeliness to relapse. This is due in part to hormone differences in females and males. Data from the studies will be presented virtually October 19–22 at the American Physiological Society's seventh conference on New Trends in Sex and Gender Medic...